Driving. Florence and Rome are directly connected by the A1 Autostrada. The trip is approximately 180 miles long and takes about three hours, not including traffic in Rome, which can be highly congested.
If you have coronary heart disease or your LDL cholesterol level is 100 mg/dL or greater, limit cholesterol to less than 200 mg per day. The best way to tell if a recipe is high or low in cholesterol is to check the nutrition facts label, keeping your limits in mind. Remember, the amount of saturated and trans fat you eat actually has a bigger impact on blood cholesterol than the cholesterol you get from your diet. According to the AHA, you should limit saturated fat to less than 7 percent and trans fat to less than 1 percent of calories. There are 9 calories in each fat gram, so if you eat about 2,000 calories a day, you should get no more than 15 g saturated fat and 2 g trans fat.
The controversy mostly comes down to the cholesterol in eggs, about which the research is mixed. The American Heart Association recommends healthy adults consume no more than 300 milligrams of cholesterol per day. One large egg has 186 mg of cholesterol and a small one has 141 mg, according to the USDA.